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Commissioners direct staff to include option removing weight‑loss drugs and switching telemedicine in draft budget
Summary
County benefits staff presented medical, dental and ancillary insurance renewal options; commissioners agreed to switch telemedicine to the insurer’s telemedicine product (saving about $28,000) and to place a plan that removes employer coverage of weight‑loss medications into the draft budget for the upcoming vote.
County benefits staff presented renewal offers from multiple carriers and four package options for the county’s employee health plan, and commissioners gave direction on two near‑term changes to include in the draft budget.
Swede Sullivan, joined by HR Director Lori Blattman and benefits staff, said the county solicited bids from eight medical carriers and found Cigna remained the most competitive. Cigna proposed an 11.4% renewal after negotiation; plan design changes could reduce the increase to 9.3%. Removing employer coverage of certain weight‑loss medications would reduce the renewal to about 6.7%. Combining plan changes and removing weight‑loss coverage would bring…
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